Fountain-brush.



PATENTED APR. 23, 1907.

W. L. CLARK. FOUNTAIN BRUSH. APPLICATION FILED JAN.29.1906.

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FOUNTAlN-BHUSi-lg Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented A use, 1907;

Application filed January 29, 1906. Serial No. 298,392.

'by, asfast as the same may be required, by

combining with the brush roper a reservoir or rece' tacle containing t e material and, adapt to discharge its contents upon or in proximity to the bristles. I

My improvements relate more particularly to the handle portion of such brushes, being intended to provide a construction of brush handle wh ch will enable the user to expel the material-from the reservoir by manipulating the parts from the exterior of the handle, and willalso com lete'ly conceal the reservoir and at the same time permit the latter to bereadily removed when empty and re laced by a full'on'e. My invention thus ma es'p'ossible the em loyment of plain and inexpensive detachablle reservoirs in connection with a brush-handle of'expensive and elaborately ornamental construction, without detriment to? the appearance of the brush when ready forusei. f- Inthe'accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a"central longitudinal. section through a shaving brush embodying my improvements their preferred form Figs. 2 and 3 'are cross sections taken respectively on the lines kit-12; and W/ in Fig." 1 Fig. dis a detail sec-- tional View similar to a ortion of Fig. 1 but illustrating a slight n10 ification, and Fig. 5 is a cross section further illustrating the parts. shown in 'Fig. 4. r y

In the drawings, Figs. 1', 2 and 3 illustrate iny improvementsas preferably constructed for use in connection with a soap receptacle such as is shown in US. Letters Patent to Ziegler, No.=769,928, granted September 13, 1904: This rece tacle, as herein represented, consists of a rigid or non-collapsible tube 2 having amouthor outlet 3 at one end and containing a pistona which is originally located at theoppos'ite-or closed end of the tube 2,

behind the material contained in 1 the tube,-

) erated from the exterlor 10f and carriesa stemor. shank 5 extending outward through a longtiudinal slot 6 formed in the wall of the tube. The stem 5 is connected, on tlieoutside of the tube 2. with oner- {ed outward far enough to, ause'IiMtoQpaSs ating means such as a rin 7 adapted to slide I on the tube, whereby t e piston may be forced forward to eject. thecontents of the tube as fast as desired, and the. material is revented from escaping through the slot 6 in' ront of the piston by covering said slot with i a strip of tinfoil or other easily'severed material which is cut through by asharp edge8 formed on the shank 5 asthe latter advances in the slot, substantiallyas described in. the

Ziegler patent above referred to. In order to adapt my. brush to be deitachably fiombined with this receptacle Iprlovid'e'fthe body'9 of the brush with a bushinglffl having an inter: nally-threaded' portion. 11.,into, which the threaded nipple which surrounds the mouth of the tube 2 may beiscrewed, and also having an open tubular extension 12 leadin 'from the ortion 11 into the mass of bristles 13. The l r bular portion 14 adapte'dto receive the end of the tube 2 and preferably formed integral: with the bushing 10, andin connectionthere with I provide a tubular .sleeveorsheath 15 )ody of the brush alsooarries a short tuof such'a' size that it will receive-there main- I der of'the tube 2 'and fittelescopically at its open or front end upon the tubular portionv 14. sleeve when telesc'oped upon said port1on-14 forms the handleof the brush, and

, 5 1s previdedon one side with a longitudinally extending slot 16 which may be arran ed= di- 2 rectly over and inalinementwith the s ot 6 in the tube 2. Theslot 16 is extended throu h the front or 0 en end of thesheath orlhan le -15, and the atter is preferably reinforced near said open end by asplit ring 17 which is rigidly secured to the interior, said sleeve and may conveniently form a stop to limit the movement of the latter when applied to the tubular portionlfli, Tliegap. 1*8

in the ring 17 coincides in widthandposition with the slot 16, andsaid ring is preferably.

made of spring metal so that itfwill. assist in causingthesleeve to grip thetubulanportion 14 and also prevent thepopen enddof said sleeve from being unduly ;.expande stem 5 which operates tl \,;p1ttmj4 1s 1 As thus constructed, the

by means of the thumbgpieceialfi; the stem which 'moves said piston being capable of sl d- ICE ing along the alined slots6 and 16. When ada ted to inclos'e said receptacle and formihe handle of the brush, said sleeve hav ing a longitudinal slot extending throughit-s 0 en "endfand; asplit ring carried by said s eeve at or nearsaid open end, the gap in saidfrin-g being located in alinement with the slot. in the sleeve.

'8. As. an article of manufacture, a brush comprising in coinbinationa body o'rtion containing anop en tubular bushing eading at one end into the mass of'bristles' and pro' yided at its other end with an internallythreaded portion, a short tubular ortion car 7 ried by said bushing, and a-detac iable sleve or sheath telescopically fitted at its front or open end to said tubular portion and having a longitudinal slot extending through said open end, forthe purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this .tenth day of January,'1906'.

p j WALTER L. CLARK Witnesses:

STODDART, .F. S. TUTTLE. 

